in effect
This is an executive order (EO 14375, signed January 16, 2026) in which the President formally designates the Board of Peace as a “public international organization” under the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288). That law authorizes the President to extend a defined set of legal privileges and immunities to international organizations in which the United States participates.
The Board of Peace now holds the same legal status under the International Organizations Immunities Act as other designated bodies, meaning it is entitled to certain privileges and exemptions — such as immunity from U.S. court jurisdiction, tax exemptions, and customs benefits — that the Act provides. Any privileges or immunities the Board of Peace already held under other laws are preserved and not reduced by this order. The order does not create new individual rights that private parties could enforce against the U.S. government. Implementation is subject to existing law and available appropriations, and the Department of State bears the cost of publishing the order.
The Board of Peace as an institution is the direct beneficiary, gaining the legal protections and exemptions that come with public international organization status under U.S. law. U.S. federal agencies continue to operate under their existing legal authorities and are not subordinated to the Board of Peace by this order. Private individuals and third parties gain no new enforceable rights or claims against the United States as a result of this designation.